1. /*

  2.  * @(#)X509EncodedKeySpec.java	1.14 00/02/02

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 1997-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  5.  * 

  6.  * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  

  7.  * Use is subject to license terms.

  8.  * 

  9.  */

  10. 

  11. package java.security.spec;

  12. 

  13. /**

  14.  * This class represents the ASN.1 encoding of a public key,

  15.  * encoded according to the ASN.1 type <code>SubjectPublicKeyInfo</code>,

  16.  * whose syntax is defined in the X.509 standard, as follows:

  17.  *

  18.  * <pre>

  19.  * SubjectPublicKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {

  20.  *   algorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,

  21.  *   subjectPublicKey BIT STRING }

  22.  * </pre>

  23.  *

  24.  * @author Jan Luehe

  25.  *

  26.  * @version 1.14, 02/02/00

  27.  *

  28.  * @see java.security.Key

  29.  * @see java.security.KeyFactory

  30.  * @see KeySpec

  31.  * @see EncodedKeySpec

  32.  * @see PKCS8EncodedKeySpec

  33.  *

  34.  * @since 1.2

  35.  */

  36. 

  37. public class X509EncodedKeySpec extends EncodedKeySpec {

  38. 

  39.     /**

  40.      * Creates a new X509EncodedKeySpec with the given encoded key.

  41.      *

  42.      * @param encodedKey the key, which is assumed to be

  43.      * encoded according to the X.509 standard.

  44.      */

  45.     public X509EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey) {

  46. 	super(encodedKey);

  47.     }

  48. 

  49.     /**

  50.      * Returns the key bytes, encoded according to the X.509 standard.

  51.      *

  52.      * @return the X.509 encoding of the key.

  53.      */

  54.     public byte[] getEncoded() {

  55. 	return super.getEncoded();

  56.     }

  57. 

  58.     /**

  59.      * Returns the name of the encoding format associated with this

  60.      * key specification.

  61.      *

  62.      * @return the string <code>"X.509"</code>.

  63.      */

  64.     public final String getFormat() {

  65. 	return "X.509";

  66.     }

  67. }